Category Archives: MIT

Music at MIT Oral History Collection

The Music at MIT Oral History Project has now grown into the Music at MIT Oral History Collection. This innovative, open access digital collection is one example of the research library transformation championed by Ann Wolpert, the late Director of Libraries at MIT. Continue reading

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Coming Up: Mason Bates’ Mass Transmission

Before we launch Mass Transmission into the world tomorrow evening, I’d like to reflect on some of the musical aspects that I love about both this piece and other works by Mason Bates. Continue reading

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Herb Pomeroy: “I don’t believe in recorded music.”

“I don’t believe in recorded music. I don’t believe in the act of recording music. I believe that music is so precious that it should only be heard by the musicians who’ve given their life to play it, and the listeners that would drive 200 miles through snow to listen to it.” Continue reading

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Michael Hammer Video Tribute

Hammer and Company, the management consulting firm that Michael Hammer founded, has posted a wonderful 12-minute video tribute on their site. Continue reading

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Herb Pomeroy on Discovering Duke Ellington

Herb Pomeroy recalls first discovering the greatness of Duke Ellington’s music. He later would realize that “The sum total of five people is so much greater than the sum total of five saxophonists.” Continue reading

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MIT’s Lipchitz Courtyard – Then and Now

MIT’s Lipchitz Courtyard in Building 14 had some work done on it recently with replantings and new patio umbrellas. At least for one spring weekend in 1987, it became a theatrical venue when MIT students put on a production of Hair. Continue reading

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MIT’s Third Annual Herb Pomeroy Memorial Concert

MIT will be hosting its 3rd annual Herb Pomeroy Memorial Concert this Saturday, May 8 at Kresge Auditorium at 8:00 pm. The concert will include the Festival Jazz Ensemble playing several of the Ellington works most closely associated with Herb and his band. Continue reading

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Herb Pomeroy on Jazz Writing

Herb Pomeroy directed jazz bands at MIT from 1963 to 1985. He was the founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, one of the first three collegiate bands from the USA to perform at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. He … Continue reading

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